Ezra Pound. Indiscretions; or, Une Revue de Deux Mondes. Three Mountains Press, Paris, 1923.
Price: US$384.09 + shipping
Condition: Good
Description: A thinly disguised autobiographical fragment concerned chiefly with Pound s father [Homer Pound]. It first appeared in the New Age, London, in 12 instalments from May to August 1920, and was reprinted in Pavannes and Divagations [Gallup A74]. Donald Gallup. This is the only publication dedicated to this piece of prose fiction by Pound; first edition thus. Printed by William Bird at the Three Mountains Press, 1923, and the first in a series of 6 whose other volumes were: II. Women & Men by Ford Madox Ford (1923); III. Elimus by B. C. Windeler with designs by Dorothy Shakespeare (1923); IV. The Great American Novel by William Carlos Williams (1923); V. England by B. M. G.-Adams (1923); and VI. In Our Time by Ernest Hemingway (1924). I-IV were limited to 300 copies each, V to 150 copies and VI to 170 copies. Pound played the part of editor in putting together this series, but in 1936 he wrote: The little books were spaced too far apart to have the effect I meant. I mean Bill Bird took too long getting em out. Three Mountains Press soon went out of business and their press was bought by Nancy Cunard who founded The Hours Press, printers of A Draft of XXX Cantos and more. This copy is Gallup A23, first edition, numbered 121 of 300 copies. Boards somewhat worn and soiled with a minor presssure crack to the front board. Binding and leaves are solid. Spine slightly softened. Printed on watermarked Rives paper, some rippling, unfoxed and clean.
Seller: de Beaumont Rares, London, United Kingdom
POUND, EZRA.. Indiscretions; or Une Revue de Deux Mondes. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original cloth backed printed boards; a bit darkened and rubbed at the edges; corners a little bruised, else a very good copy. One of 300 numbered copies. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Ezra Pound. Indiscretions. Three Mountains Press- France, 1923.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Indiscretions 1923 Near Fine Minus 1 of 300 Limited Edition Additional photos available upon request Three Mountains Press - France
Seller: D & L Fine Books, Richboro, PA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Indiscretions; or, Une Revue de Deux Mondes. Three Mountains Press, Paris, 1923.
Price: US$500.00 + shipping
Condition: Fine
Description: First Edition, one of 300 copies printed on watermarked Rives handmade paper; this copy out-of-series. Unbound sheets, 19-7/8" x 25-1/2", 4 sheets. 1 vols. The Unbound Sheets. This pseudo-autobiographical work by Pound was the first book produced by Three Mountains Press. It is rare in unbound sheets. In this book, which disguises family names but is concerned primarily with the story of Homer Pound, Ezra's father, Pound proposed that "one could write the whole social history of the United States from one's family annals" (ODNB). This work was published a year before Pound moved from Paris to Rapallo, Italy, on account of the weather and Pound's health. Gallup A23 Unbound sheets, 19-7/8" x 25-1/2", 4 sheets. 1 vols First Edition, one of 300 copies printed on watermarked Rives handmade paper; this copy out-of-series.
Seller: James Cummins Bookseller, ABAA, New York, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$640.15 + shipping
Description: First edition, first printing, number 147 of 300 copies on Rives handmade paper, of this "thinly disguised autobiographical fragment concerned chiefly with Pound's father" (Gallup). Indiscretions first appeared in the New Age magazine in 12 instalments from 27 May to 12 August 1920. The Three Mountains Press was established in Paris in 1922 as an anglophone publisher. With Pound as editor, they issued six small volumes in a series entitled "The Inquest into the state of contemporary English prose". In the postscript, the author presents this volume as a foreword to the other five. Gallup A23. Tall quarto. Original grey paper boards over white cloth, front board printed in red and black, first gathering unopened. Spine rumpled, scattered faint marks and rubbing to boards, one corner bumped, top edge browned: a very good copy.
Seller: Peter Harrington. ABA/ ILAB., London, United Kingdom
POUND, Ezra.. Indiscretions; or Une Revue de Deux Mondes.. Three Mountains, Paris, 1923.
Price: US$650.00 + shipping
Description: 62 pp. Tall 8vo, publisher's cloth-backed printed boards. First edition; No. 279 of 300 copies. Some overall darkening, use, and spotting to binding; tight and sound; internally very fresh.
Seller: Jeffrey H. Marks, Rare Books, ABAA, Rochester, NY, U.S.A.
Price: US$704.16 + shipping
Condition: Near Fine
Description: Set in Caslon Old Face and decorated with fleurons and initials, this is number 234 of 300 copies printed on Rives hand-made paper. Bound in grey paper-covered boards stamped in red and black on the front cover, with yellow cloth back; endpapers, edges untrimmed and unopened. A very good to fine copy. Many copies were not bound up at all, but merely issued as sheets. Indiscretions is a thinly disguised autobiographical fragment concerned chiefly with Ezra Pound's father. (Gallup A23)
Seller: Collinge & Clark, London, United Kingdom
POUND, EZRA.. Indiscretions; or Une Revue de Deux Mondes. Paris: Three Mountains Press, 1923, 1923.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Description: First Edition. Original cloth backed printed boards; only minute wear; about fine. The 'Printer's Notice' is laid in. All books described as first editions are first printings unless otherwise noted.
Seller: Peter L. Stern & Co., Inc, Newton, MA, U.S.A.
Pound, Ezra. Indiscretions. Paris: Three Mountain Press, 1923.
Price: US$750.00 + shipping
Condition: Very Good
Description: 8vo. First edition. 300 copies were printed, but most were left unbound. This bound copy has a pencil notation, "104," on the limitation page. Tall 8vo; tan cloth spine, printed paper boards. A previous owner's name is rubber stamped on the dedication page. Both the title page and the dedication page show a very small portion of the upper margin torn away. Gallup A 23.
Seller: Peter Keisogloff Rare Books, Inc., Brecksville, OH, U.S.A.
POUND, Ezra.. Indiscretions. Or, Une Revue de Deux Mondes.. Paris Three Mountains Press, 1923.
Price: US$786.50 + shipping
Description: First edition, sole impression, number 249 of 300 copies; 4to; beautiful contemporary gift inscription to front free endpaper, the occasional spot to the text; publisher's cream cloth-backed buff boards printed in red and black, boards just a little marked but actually a lovely, uncut copy and not so common thus. The Paris edition, published by Three Mountains, has no equivalent other form.
Seller: Shapero Rare Books, London, United Kingdom
Price: US$1104.89 + shipping
Description: Paris, Three Mountains Press, 1923. 4°. 62 Seiten, 1 Bl. Unbeschnitten. OHalbleinen. Erste Ausgabe. - Pounds Autobiographie bis zu seinem 16. Lebensjahr. Erster Titel der 'Inquest Series'. Eins von 300 numerierten Exemplaren. Imprimatur: Hand-printed in Paris, in the Isle Saint Louis, by WILLIAM BIRD, amateur printer, with the collaboration of ROGER DEVIGNE. Caslon Old-Face set by PHILIP BEAUGIE. Press-work by ROBERT DILL. Original cloth with yellow backstrip over printed paper boards. With old and very nice bookmark: "The Tome Book Club, London". - Leichte Gebrauchsspuren, eine Ecke mit Knickspur, gutes Exemplar. First edition. One of 300 numbered copies. Very good plus copy. Sprache: Englisch. *** Bitte kontaktieren Sie mich immer BEVOR Sie bestellen! Für ausführliche Beschreibungen und Bilder sowie günstigere Versandoptionen kontaktieren Sie mich bitte per Email! Please contact me always BEFORE you order! For detailled descriptions and photos as well as cheaper shipping options please send an email! ***
Seller: Antiquariat CoBrA, Oberrohrbach, Austria